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TIL Chattanooga, Tennessee has broadband internet that is 200 times faster than the national average in the US.

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JYEV1 TIL that mascara got its start with coal dust and vaseline. In the early 1900's, Thomas Lyle Williams noticed his sister Mabel applying a substance after a cooking accident singed her eyebrows and lashes. In her "original formula," Mabel burned a cork and mixed the ashes with Vaseline.
ExOw TIL that Ken Jeong did not tell anyone he was going to jump out of the trunk nude in The Hangover and the reaction from the actors was genuine.
j6mX TIL Ethiopia has banned Skype, Google Talk, and all other VoIP services
rR5P4 TIL of Dipprasad Pun, a Nepalese soldier during the War of Afghanistan who was attacked by 30 insurgents. Believing he was about to die, he expended all 400 rounds of his ammunition, launched 17 grenades, detonated a Claymore mine, and killed an attacker with his tripod, causing them to retreat.
Dk9V TIL Usain Bolt is so fast, sports scientists aren’t even sure how he reaches and maintains his speed.